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Colorado River Bridge

Mitchell County, Texas

Photos 

View from the low-water bypass below.

Photo taken by Kevin Dellaria in May 2011

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BH Photo #213523

Map 

Description 

The location of this bridge needs further verification. On the map, the location appears accurate, based on distance traveled on CR 337, road markers, etc. But the waterway the bridge spans appears to be little more than large, dry gulch, and may not be the Colorado river.

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Colorado River on CR 337
Location
Mitchell County, Texas
Status
Closed to traffic. A useable bypass is below the bridge.
History
Built 1950; rehabilitated 1970
Design
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 69.9 ft.
Total length: 409.1 ft.
Deck width: 11.5 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.20944, -100.87306   (decimal degrees)
32°12'34" N, 100°52'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/323469/3565189 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Pecan Crossing
Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
100
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 081680AA0142002 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 33272 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2016)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 19.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Beam (17,123)
Built 1950 (609)
Built during 1950s (4,051)
Closed (2,768)
Colorado River (Texas) (40)
Corrugated deck (488)
Deck truss (1,974)
Mitchell County, Texas (5)
NR-eligible (4,125)
One-lane traffic (8,009)
Owned by county (21,728)
 Pony truss (17,244)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,552)
Steel stringer (6,810)
Texas (3,077)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,613)
Truss (36,828)
Warren deck truss (681)
Warren pony truss (3,596)
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals (807)
Warren truss (7,095)

Update Log 

  • June 28, 2022: New photos from Bambi Sharkoman
  • June 26, 2022: Updated by Bambi Sharkoman: Updated Approach Design
  • September 11, 2011: New photos from Kevin Dellaria

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Comments 

Colorado River Bridge
Posted June 26, 2022, by Jesse Sharkoman (jesseberube5 [at] gmail [dot] com)

This Bridge is over the Colorado River there is just a low water crossing immediately upstream that affects the flow when water levels are low